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The Case of Chester Hollman III
📻 Episode #302
🎙️ Hosted by Guest Host Jimmy Dennis
📅 Oct 24, 2022
About This Episode
On August 20, 1991, 24-year-old Tae Jung Ho was robbed and shot to death while walking with a friend in Philadelphia, PA. A coincidence involving a rental car and license plate number led to Chester Hollman III being stopped by police and arrested. Chester was convicted of second-degree murder and robbery and sentenced to life…
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The Case
On August 20, 1991, 24-year-old Tae Jung Ho was robbed and shot to death while walking with a friend in Philadelphia, PA. A coincidence involving a rental car and license plate number led to Chester Hollman III being stopped by police and arrested. Chester was convicted of second-degree murder and robbery and sentenced to life without parole.
In 1991, Jimmy was only 21 years old when he was wrongfully convicted of a gruesome murder committed in broad daylight in North Philadelphia, PA. Jimmy was sent to death row. With no physical evidence, DNA, or a weapon, the musician spent 25 years in prison and was finally exonerated in 2017.
Despite overlaps in their cases, Jimmy and Chester met after they were exonerated. Jimmy set up a conference to campaign for DA Larry Krasner, and he invited all Philadelphia exonerees. There, he met Chester, who immediately told Jimmy he knew him and listened to all of his music. Chester and Jimmy became friends, and bonded over the fact that the same prosecutor, Roger King, was central in sending them both to prison for crimes they did not commit.
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This episode is part of a special series in our Wrongful Conviction podcast feed of 15 episodes focused on individual cases of wrongful incarceration, guest hosted by formerly incarcerated returning citizens and leading criminal justice advocates, award-winning journalists and progressive influencers.
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In Their Own Words — transcript excerpts
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00:06:56“Speaker 6: minutes after the murder. Driving toward the crime scene in Speaker 6: the idea, I dentical vehicle with the same tag, and Speaker 6: he meets the general description of what one of the Speaker 6: perpetrators look like. The young woman in the car with Speaker 6: him DJ Jones met the general description of of one”
00:25:48“Speaker 4: You know, I'm thinking, first thing in my mind is Speaker 4: they were about to attack me, you know, and you Speaker 4: know that's what I'm thinking. And it was three old Speaker 4: Muslim guys and they came in there and they just Speaker 4: basically told me. And we saw your situation on the TV,”
00:43:31“Speaker 4: she says, I need you to pack your stuff. You're Speaker 4: gonna be going home tomorrow morning. Speaker 7: You know. I thought she's playing. Speaker 4: So I get over there and she says, uh, uh Speaker 4: the judge is called and uh, they're releasing you today.”
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